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**huntbytnkbel** · 07-03-2010, 02:58 AM

ahoy oh Commodore!

i hath returned to our decks me friend, with a devastatin' observation from me own father, a sea dog 'o many voyages. me father served in the Republic 'o China's army back in the day, it was called Formosa back then. he found yer conclusions errant and the language he used was rather salty, so i'll give ye a censored take.

"is this a $*%^ing joke? jets travel at over 600 miles per hour, tell your friend that the distance from the shores of china to taiwan is 100 miles. if china wanted to invade taiwan, they could have complete air control before the seventh fleet even turned around. $*#)ing china would also have the island blockaded, so tell me how the (^&#ing marines are going to even land? ask your friend how many marines it would take to hold off China, and where the $#(* is he going to get them from? they are all busy in the middle east and afghanistan. now let me watch the football game and stop asking me these %#@(ing stupid questions."

me father then more or less ignored me fer the next half an hour. he uses some colorful language, he does.

aye.

- MeadHallPirate

*nods*

Now see I'm not going to be held responsible for you interrupting a perfectly good football game with military strategy. But I assure the Formosans would not need an onside kick.

The PRC, at this time and for the foreseeable future, do not have the sea or airlift capability to move enough troops on shore quickly enough. Its true they have the worlds largest air force, but they are not going to commit the whole thing, and what they have is obsolete and manned by pilots with a fraction of the training western pilots get. And the ROC has formidable air defenses, including Aegis class destroyers, top of the line 4th gen fighters, and an existing and growing arsenal of AA missile batteries. There's a reason China is belly aching about this, they know it negates a big chunk of any potential attack force, and if they thought they could do it and get away with it, they would have done so by now.

I am sure that the ROC can hold the fort long enough for us to get a couple of carriers and a MEU in range. Though I am certain we've got enough subs in the Strait to sink anything bigger than a fishing trawler, and its fair to say that every military installation within 500 miles of Taiwan would be reduced to scrap by bombers flying from the continental US first.

07-03-2010, 02:58 AM	#18
huntbytnkbel Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 415 Senior Member	ahoy oh Commodore! i hath returned to our decks me friend, with a devastatin' observation from me own father, a sea dog 'o many voyages. me father served in the Republic 'o China's army back in the day, it was called Formosa back then. he found yer conclusions errant and the language he used was rather salty, so i'll give ye a censored take. "is this a $%^ing joke? jets travel at over 600 miles per hour, tell your friend that the distance from the shores of china to taiwan is 100 miles. if china wanted to invade taiwan, they could have complete air control before the seventh fleet even turned around. $#)ing china would also have the island blockaded, so tell me how the (^&#ing marines are going to even land? ask your friend how many marines it would take to hold off China, and where the $#(* is he going to get them from? they are all busy in the middle east and afghanistan. now let me watch the football game and stop asking me these %#@(ing stupid questions." me father then more or less ignored me fer the next half an hour. he uses some colorful language, he does. aye. - MeadHallPirate nods Now see I'm not going to be held responsible for you interrupting a perfectly good football game with military strategy. But I assure the Formosans would not need an onside kick. The PRC, at this time and for the foreseeable future, do not have the sea or airlift capability to move enough troops on shore quickly enough. Its true they have the worlds largest air force, but they are not going to commit the whole thing, and what they have is obsolete and manned by pilots with a fraction of the training western pilots get. And the ROC has formidable air defenses, including Aegis class destroyers, top of the line 4th gen fighters, and an existing and growing arsenal of AA missile batteries. There's a reason China is belly aching about this, they know it negates a big chunk of any potential attack force, and if they thought they could do it and get away with it, they would have done so by now. I am sure that the ROC can hold the fort long enough for us to get a couple of carriers and a MEU in range. Though I am certain we've got enough subs in the Strait to sink anything bigger than a fishing trawler, and its fair to say that every military installation within 500 miles of Taiwan would be reduced to scrap by bombers flying from the continental US first.
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